ChipAgents raises $21M to advance agentic AI chip design

ChipAgents has raised $21 million for its agentic AI platform. The technology aims to automate semiconductor design and verification. Bessemer Venture Partners led the Series A investment. The round included strategic backing from Micron, MediaTek, and Ericsson. Modern chips have grown incredibly complex, with billions of logic gates. This makes traditional design and verification processes slow and difficult. ChipAgents uses AI to handle routine tasks for engineers. This allows them to focus on innovation rather than manual coding. The platform works at the front end of the chip design process. It can read long specification documents to find inconsistencies. The AI also generates hardware design code and automates documentation. This helps ensure a chip's implementation matches its original specifications. Verification is a critical use case for the technology. The platform automates the creation of tests that confirm a chip works correctly before manufacturing. This can reduce tasks that took weeks down to just minutes. The company reports that usage grew 60 times in the first half of 2025. ChipAgents will use the new funds to advance its research and development. It also plans to expand customer support. The company will open a new headquarters in Santa Clara to be closer to its clients in Silicon Valley.